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Star Wars 2006 Hall of Shame!

Year-end roundup; what are the worst offerings from Star Wars (toys, books, conventions, whatever) of the past year?

Feel free to make up categories as you wish.

Worst Decision: Re-releasing the Episode III General Grievous Unleashed figure. The final nail in the coffin of this line, though the recently announced plans to re-release his pegwarming buddies Anakin and Obi-Wan next year could easily trump this.

(Runner-up: The entire "Greatest Battles, Lamest Figures" line. At least these were cheap and small, so they sold to kids and parents for the most part.)

Dumbest Expanded Universe Plot: Jacen Solo becomes a Sith! Wooo! Now there are two good kids in the family who turn bad without adequate character development!

Biggest Waste of Time: "The Star Wars Spectacular" at Comic-Con. Promises of big announcements and surprises, and what do we get? Some footage of Celebration III and a few minutes of a CG Indiana Jones.

Most Obvious Scam: 30th Anniversary Tins. "Hey, we can take a bunch of the figures no one wants, and make really, really minor modifications to one of them. Then we can put them in a set with three other sucky figures, and--oh, here's the good part!--we can charge more if we put them in a crappy tin that no one has a use for!"

Lamest Single Toy: As the Millennium Falcon Transformer does not qualify here (see below), this goes to the General Grievous Transformer, which is truly a "pice of carp" in every sense of the word.

Lamest Single Turd Masquerading as a Toy: Millennium Falcon Transformer.

P***iest Decision on Lucas' Part: "Hey, I got everyone to drop a lot of money on the re-re-re-re-re-edited films, so now let's get the same people to buy them again because we'll include the originals that I swore I'd never release! Only they won't be remastered or anamorphic, so we can do the same thing next year!"

Star Wars Dorkus of the Year: Just when you think no one can be lower than Rick McCallum, along comes Steve Sansweet. Yes, the windbag who hosted the "Star Wars Spectacular" and told a little kid that he needed to get his parents to buy him a next generation console if he wanted any more Star Wars game, then seemed blissfully unaware of the announcement barely a month earlier that LucasArts wanted to make a Wii game involving lightsaber combat when asked about that system. Good work, Interrim Doctor Douche.

KOTOR comic - I've never been that bored reading a comic. Everything that happened in the first 5 issues should have taken two. I don't care how the first story arc ended. Dishonorable mention: 95&#37; of the EU.

Transformers - I don't even need to explain anything here. Those motorcycle things were cooler (and those still sucked).

Unleashed - the small ones are still horrible and the handling of the big ones will kill the line.

The 3 3/4 inch line - I don't understand how the line is still going. I think I bought 2 figures this year. The rest are just flat out boring or ugly.

[FONT=Book Antiqua]He passes to Moses - He shoots, he scores![/FONT]Mummy of the raincoat is a gigantic trollop. DOMINATE!

Lamest New Star Wars Line: Custom Choppers--I'm not even sure if they came out this year or the end of last year. (Runner Up: Transformers)

Biggest Shelf Warmer: Millennium Falcon Transformer--Black Friday deals at Target and Walmart and they are still piled up. (Runner Up: "Greatest Battles"/"Heros & Villians" --There are so many of these still around, retailers aren't putting out the Endor/Naboo wave.)

Worst Decision: Releasing the unedited OT on DVD only as a substandard bonus feature.

Biggest Waste of Time: Both Greatest Hits lines, first off the choices of figures is poor for 75% of 'em, then these are figures we JUST got last year for a buck less, and they're filling pegs up to capacity.

Scam : Star Wars Fan Club. I saw an issue in the store this weekend, picked it up and looked through it. Nothing but a few lame articles and then advertisements for Star Wars things no one wants. I wouldnt even use it to line the birdcage with.

Waste of Shelf : SW Transformers

Not Worth It : The 3 3/4" figures. I maybe bought one or two, its stale and boring.

Treat your stepmother with respect Pantera, or you'll be sleeping in the streets!!